belongs to him: Let us form Rules of Juſtice and of Peace, to which all may be obliged to conform, which ſhall not accept Perſons, but may in ſome ſort make amends for the Caprice of Fortune, by ſubmitting alike the Powerful and the Weak to the obſervance of mutual Duties. In a word, inſtead of turning our Forces againſt ourſelves, let us collect them into a ſovereign Power, which may govern us by wiſe Laws, may protect and defend all the Members of the Aſſociation, repel common Enemies, and maintain a perpetual Concord and Harmony among us."
Much fewer Words of this kind were ſufficient to draw in a Parcel of Ruſtics, whom it was an eaſy Matter to impoſe upon, who had beſides too many Quarrels among themſelves to live without Arbiters, and too much Avarice and Ambition to live long without Ma-
